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China's helicopter reached the spot where the glacier had broken,
and the water released from it had caused massive destruction in Nepal. This event is called a GLOF.
Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (#GLOF) can occur when the dam of a lake held
back by a glacier suddenly bursts.
releasing millions of cubic meters of trapped water.
China | Tibet| Nepal
#NepalFlood
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The video is not from a Chinese helicopter over a glacier break in Nepal. It shows a glacial lake outburst at Alaska's Columbia Glacier, per original footage by pilot Leigh Coates.
lavanguardia.com/vida/20260827/…
youtube.com/watch?v=floh1L…
Sid Penfold retweeted
Finally, there's a video which can help me to have a better understanding about what happened in Nepal.
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Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the balletic poise, calm elegance and graceful athleticism of the panda.
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THIS GUY LIVES UNDER SFO'S TAKEOFF PATH SO HE BUILT A CEILING PROJECTOR THAT TRACKS EVERY PLANE FLYING OVER HIS HOUSE IN REAL TIME
he uses a cheap $30 radio receiver to pick up the signals that planes broadcast while flying.
then projects them onto his ceiling in real time
when a jet flies over his house you hear it outside and at the exact same moment a plane glides across his ceiling labeled with the airline, aircraft type, and destination
pure black background so the projector's rectangle disappears and only the aircraft are visible
but he didn't stop at planes
it also draws the real sky behind them. sun, moon, bright stars, constellations, and live satellites including the ISS. all at their true positions for his exact location and time in real time
so he's lying in bed watching the actual night sky projected onto his ceiling with real planes crossing through it as they take off from SFO
there is a huge market for every man alive that runs outside to see the helicopter
vibe coded the whole thing himself with a cheap radio, a projector, and some clever software
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He loves watermelon, so his human gifted him one whole watermelon as a "toy." He has now achieved peak canine happiness and all stuffed toys officially obsolete… would play a melon 🍈 fetch with him


















